Modern men fighting back with facial hair
After 60 years of rules against full facial hair, Disney recently decided to allow its male front line employees to greet vacationers at its theme parks with neatly-groomed beards. Josh Visser explores what this says about modern man at CTVNews.ca. (Source: CTV Health)
Intensive BP control in black patients with CKD may reduce disease progression in some
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Area: News
Further analysis of long-term follow up of patients from the AASK study found indications that intensive blood pressure (BP) control might reduce chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in those with baseline proteinuria.
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AASK tested antihypertensive regimens based on three drug groups in non-diabetic African-American patients with hypertension and signs of renal impairment, to determine whether any drug class was superior and whether more intensive BP control had advantages. Drugs used were ramipril, amlodipine, and metoprolol: the amlodipine arm was stopped early due to poorer outcomes. The results from the original trial, published in 2002 (JAMA 2002; 288(19): 2421-31), did not show any superiority for intensive BP control ...
